New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-09-17
THE NEW YEAR BEGUN AT PRINCETON

DR.. MCOSH'S GOOD CHEER-TilE NEW FfLLOWSHlPs.
PRINCETON. n j., Sept l5.Princeon College entered
upon the lAls year Of Its existence yesterday with
prospects nc OF attcrng. On the assembling OF
the students In Marquand Chapel Or. McCosh made
his annual address to the entering class. ain the
course Of my nineteen years connection with the
college" said he ait in q more prosperous
condition. Everything In that time has donble,
the students from 264 to nearly 600. and the faculty
from sixteen or seventeen to forty professors qua
tutors The standard Of admission ls moro rigid,
yet In advancing it VIC have been careful 10 exclude
none who are worthy but have had few advantages
However l remarked to another college president
recently, the best American colleges have almost
reached apex Of their high standards Of admission
Princeton In tho future shall strive not 20 much To
raise standard before entrance a. to attain higher
planes Of knowledge after student u fully initiated
into intricaces Of college course We have added
new course nom tine to they have permanently
proved their usefulness and Established themselves
In tho minds Of thinking people. New fields have
been opened I'm sccnce. literature, philosophy, and
art and keep abreast Of tho times pave ensrgd
departments TO such extent that In the variety
of subjects offered and the thOroughness VI tho
teaching excclled by the German univsrsiucs
alone. And they surpass us only BY virtue of MI
nutcness OF detail and attention givou TO specialists
"our new fellowships" remarked Or. McCosh In all
Interview this morning, (which have been onton-
svcly noticed by the press during the past week. have
not all been assigned to their various departments
a. yet The fellowship given by some graduates and
friends NewYori City will undoubtedly be awarded
In the department Of social science, the one gwen by
Henry NJ. Alexander viii be devoted To The study vi
English: the Class Of ~ fellowship 10 Biology, but
as to the Others, the donors tho trustees must Dc
eide 10 what departments they shall DO assigned
One peculiarly of tho younger Princeton professors
is that many of them do their hardest work In the
summer vacation In replonishlng their knowledge
Of their various branches for tho cdicauon of their
classes dulIng tho succeeding year. Profs Young
and Mcneil, who stationed thirty NILES north
cyst OF Moscow. 10 observe the eclipse OF last August
and So signally failed owing to the overcast sky,
will return next Monday.
Prot FIothiU CLAM has returned from his recent
excavations In southern Italy, bringing with him
some rare specimens the fruits Of his labor froL
Allen Marquand, also of the Art Department, has
Just concluded a profitable summer in Labrador Prof
Westcott, who has been transferred from the Iaun
department that Of Assistant Professor OF Modern
languages, has been pursuing summer course In
France relative 10 assuming his new duties.
Prof. West. who Is editing old Latin text of the
fourteenth century. spent several weeks In runmag1ns
tho Libraries OF tho British Museum and OF The Uni.
versides Of oxford and Cambridge. The Alumni
and friends of tho college vii regret TO hear OF Prof
JOhnston's inability, by order OF his physician, to
meet his classes In Political Economy and JuIisI
prudence for q month at least